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Auction: 16020 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II
Lot: 881

Short Cross, Sterlings (3), 1.41g, Osnabrück, Conrad I (1227-38), obv. +sanctepet[ ], facing bust, key left, rev. os[ ]/[ ]/vge, wheel in triangle, trefoil of pellets in each angle, fine, 1.29g, obv. +sanctepet[ ]i, rev. o[ ]/nbr/vge, completely flat centres, otherwise fine (Engel et Serrure, p.641 fig.1137), 1.43g, obv. +sanctepet/[ ], facing bust, key left, rev. +conadvs epc, voided short cross, cross pommée in each angle, struck off-centre, fine (Chautard pl.XXIV/12), the first copying the Irish reverse of King John, the last copying the English style (3)

provenance:
(i) ex Colchester Hoard; Bt Spink, 1970
(ii),(iii) ex Greek Hoard


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